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Schools, districts receive recognition, money for achievement

Funds provided through No Child Left Behind Act for awards

OLYMPIA – June 17, 2005 – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson is handing out nearly $750,000 in cash awards to 55 schools and 12 districts for making noteworthy academic improvements and helping narrow the achievement gap among their student ethnic groups.

“I am delighted to recognize these Title I schools and districts with a monetary award to acknowledge their efforts to raise the achievement of all their students,” said Bergeson. “They are making important strides in closing the performance gap between white students and their minority peers which is an essential focus of our work in public education.”

The awards are funded through a special set aside of federal Title I money given to states through the No Child Left Behind Act. This is the first time Washington has been given money specifically to honor Title I schools in this way.

Each school will receive $10,000. Districts are receiving an amount based upon the number of Title I schools that helped qualify the district for the honor.

To be eligible, schools must have received Title I funds for the past three years and made “adequate yearly progress” in at least two of the previous three years. Additionally, based on scores from the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, they needed to have substantial reductions in the achievement gap or scored higher than the statewide average in reading, writing or mathematics over a specific period of time in one or more of the ethnic minority groups.

District awards are being given where individual Title I elementary schools have too few students enrolled in each ethnic subgroup to be publicly evaluated. However, when scores from schools were added together at the district level, their performance met the eligibility criteria for the award.

Final consideration for selection included additional information about the eligible schools, such as the size of the academic gains, the number of minority groups making the gains and the number of subjects where gains were made.

While schools and districts have great flexibility in the specific use of their awards, the money must be used in a way that benefits student language arts (reading and writing) and mathematics achievement.

About OSPI

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is the primary agency charged with overseeing K-12 education in Washington state. Led by State School Superintendent Dr. Terry Bergeson, OSPI works with the state’s 296 school districts and nine Educational Service Districts to administer basic education programs and implement education reform on behalf of more than one million public school students. For more information, visit the OSPI Web site at http://www.k12.wa.us .

Title I Schools Receiving Award

District	Award	School	Reason for Award
Aberdeen	$10,000	Miller Junior High	American Indian/Hispanic—Reading
Bellingham	$10,000	Shuksan Middle	Overall Asian improvement
Bethel	$10,000	Shining Mountain Elem.	Black—reading, math
Brewster	$10,000	Brewster High	Hispanic—reading, writing
Brewster	$10,000	Brewster Elementary	Hispanic—math, reading, writing
Bridgeport	$10,000	Bridgeport High	Hispanic—reading, writing
Cascade	$10,000	Cascade High	Hispanic—writing
Chehalis	$10,000	Chehalis Middle	Hispanic—reading, writing
Clover Park	$10,000	Lochburn Middle	Black/Hispanic—reading; Black—writing
Clover Park	$10,000	Oakwood Elementary	Black/Hispanic—writing
Everett	$10,000	Hawthorne Elementary	Hispanic—reading
Everett	$10,000	Lowell Elementary	Hispanic—reading, writing
Everett	$10,000	Madison Elementary	Hispanic—reading, math
Federal Way	$10,000	Mark Twain Elementary	Black—reading; Hispanic—math
Franklin Pierce	$10,000	Christensen Elementary	Black—reading, writing, math
Grand Coulee Dam	$10,000	Wright Elementary	American Indian—reading, writing, math
Highline	$10,000	Evergreen High Black/Hispanic—reading, writing
Highline	$10,000	Highline High	Asian—reading, writing, math; Hispanic—reading, writing; Black—writing
Highline	$10,000	Sunnydale Elementary	Black/Hispanic/Asian—reading, writing, math
Highline	$10,000	Southern Heights Elem.	Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Highline	$10,000	Hilltop Elementary	Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Issaquah	$10,000	Maywood Middle Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Kennewick	$10,000	Westgate Elementary	Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Kennewick	$10,000	Eastgate Elementary	Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Kent	$10,000	Neely O Brien Elem.	Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Manson	$10,000	Manson Jr/Sr. High	Hispanic—reading, writing (Grade 10)
Monroe	$10,000	Frank Wagner Elem.	Hispanic—math, reading
Moses Lake	$10,000	Lakeview Terrace Elem.	Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Moses Lake	$10,000	Knolls Vista Elementary	Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Mount Vernon	$10,000	Centennial Elementary	Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Mukilteo	$10,000	Explorer Middle	Asian—reading, writing, math
Mukilteo	$10,000	Discovery Elementary	Hispanic—writing
Northshore	$10,000	Woodin Elementary	Hispanic—writing, math
Omak	$10,000	E Omak Elementary	Hispanic/American Indian—reading, writing, math
Pasco	$10,000	Mark Twain Elementary	Hispanic—reading, writing, math
Peninsula	$10,000	Key Peninsula Middle	American Indian—reading, writing, math
Port Angeles	$10,000	Stevens Middle	American Indian—reading, writing, math
Seattle	$10,000	Leschi Elementary	Black—reading, writing, math
Seattle	$10,000	Graham Hill Elementary	Asians/Black—reading, math
Shelton	$10,000	Bordeaux Elementary	American Indian—reading, writing, math
Sumner	$10,000	Sumner Senior High	American Indian/Asian/Black—reading, writing, math
Sunnyside	$10,000	Washington Elementary	Hispanic—reading, math
Tacoma	$10,000	McCarver Elementary	Black—reading, writing, math
Tacoma	$10,000	Fern Hill Elementary	Asian/Hispanic—reading, math
Taholah	$10,000	Taholah School	American Indian—reading, writing, math (Grades 4 and 7)
Toppenish	$10,000	Lincoln Elementary	Hispanic—math, reading
Tukwila	$10,000	Foster High	Black—reading, writing
University Place	$10,000	Evergreen Primary	Black—reading, writing
Wapato	$10,000	Wapato High	American Indian—reading, writing
Wapato	$10,000	Camas Elementary	American Indian/Hispanic—high achievement
Wapato	$10,000	Adams Elementary	Hispanic—reading, math
Wellpinit	$10,000	Wellpinit Elem/High	American Indian—reading, writing, math (Grade 4)
West Valley (Yak)	$10,000	Ahtanum Valley Elem.	Hispanic—reading, writing
Yakima	$10,000	McClure Elementary	Hispanic—reading, math

40 Districts $550,000 55 schools

Awards Based on Districtwide Results (All Elementary)

D istrict	Award	Title I Schools †	Reason for Award
Central Kitsap	$34,200	Clear Creek, Cottonwood, Esquire Hills, Green Mountain, Jackson Park, Pinecrest, Seabeck, Tracyton, Woodlands	American Indian/Hispanic—reading, math
Hoquiam	$11,400	Central, Lincoln, Washington	Hispanic/American Indian—reading, math
Port Angeles	$19,000	Dry Creek, Fairview, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson	American Indian—reading, writing, math
Richland	$19,000	Jason Lee, Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Marcus Whitman, Tapteal	Blacks—reading, writing, math; Hispanic—reading, math
Snohomish	$19,000	Cascade View, Cathcart, Dutch Hill, Emerson, Machias	Asian—math
Sultan	$7,600	Gold Bar, Sultan	Hispanic—math
Sumner	$19,000	Bonney Lake, Daffodil Valley, Liberty Ridge,Maple Lawn, McAlder	Asian/Hispanics—reading, math
Tahoma	$7,600	Lake Wilderness, Shadow Lake	Blacks/Hispanics—reading
Tumwater	$15,200	East Olympia, Littlerock, Michael T Simmons, Peter G Schmidt	Hispanic—math
West Valley (Spok.)	$7,600	Ness, Orchard Center	Hispanics—reading, writing, math
White River	$11,400	Elk Ridge, Mountain Meadow, Wilkeson	Hispanic—reading, math
Yelm	$15,200	Fort Stevens, Mcenna, Southworth, Yelm Prairie	Hispanics—reading, writing, math

12 Districts $186,200 49 schools
† These elementary schools met the first two criteria in the initial analysis of Title I schools.